A double blind randomized clinical trial was done at Dr. Sardjito General Hospital, Yogyakarta, to evaluate the effect of adenosin triphosphate (ATP) in reducing duration of fist stage of labour and incidence of complicated labour. The subjects of the study were 100 normal parturients fulfilling the inclusions criteria of 20 to 30 years of age, parity less than 4, gestational age of 38 to 42 we…
Since the first five years development plan, the coverage as well as the quality of maternal health services have been improved considerably, however the maternal mortality ratio has not shown any sign to decline so far. The Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey (IDHS) has shown high coverage of antenatal care in 1991 as well as in 1994, but more than fifty percent of deliveries are still ass…
Maternal mortality rate in Indonesia is relatively high among Asean countries. The use of TBA services was regarded as one of the main cause of maternal death especially at urban areas where TBA service is still the primary priority of choice of many villagers. There are correlations between community health seeking behaviour with the local socio-cultural, economic status and community faith.